As the heat on Theresa May intensified over the weekend, her would-be successors were quick to show their leadership credentials.
Former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab yesterday stepped up his campaign with a glossy magazine interview.
On Saturday, Environment Secretary Michael Gove gave an interview in which he posed with his parents Christine and Ernest, in Aberdeen, before he went to speak at the Scottish Tory conference.
Former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab has stepped up his leadership campaign with a glossy magazine interview
Michael Gove gave an interview in which he posed with his parents Christine and Ernest in Aberdeen
Health Secretary Matt Hancock, a keen rider, burnished his credentials by posing with a horse in photographs to accompany a newspaper interview.
'We need to deliver Brexit and then turn the page,' he told The Sunday Times.
Meanwhile, despite only having been appointed to the Cabinet days ago, Rory Stewart declared he would run when a contest takes place.
The maneuvers came as Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt returned from a week-long tour of Africa with his wife Lucia, who he described as his 'secret weapon'.
At the weekend, Mrs May's Tory Brexit critics warned they would launch another bid to oust her unless she sets a date for her departure within days.
Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory MPs, is due to meet the Prime Minister this week to discuss her exit plan.
Despite only having been appointed to the Cabinet days ago, Rory Stewart declared he would run when a contest takes place
Health Secretary Matt Hancock, a keen rider, burnished his credentials by posing with a horse in photographs to accompany a newspaper interview
Mr Raab posed with his wife Erika in their kitchen as he set out his stall with promises including taking a penny off the basic rate of income tax.
